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SC extends NRC deadline, declines plea for re-verification

New Delhi, 23 July 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the July 31 deadline to August 31 for the publication of the final draft of the NRC in Assam while it rejected the plea of the Centre and the Assam government for 20 per cent sample re-verification in the districts bordering Bangladesh. The court refused to entertain the Centre and Assam’s plea for sample re-verification of names included/excluded “wrongly” in the draft NRC, as the NRC Coordinator’s July 18 report stated that district-wise re-verification has already been done during the adjudication of claims. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, “We don’t feel the necessity of re-verification. We are satisfied with the report of the NRC State Coordinator, who also opposed the proposal for

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Sanjiv Bhatt writes emotional letter to Shweta, family from jail

New Delhi, 05 August 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Writing a letter to his family from prison former Gujarat police chief Sanjiv Bhatt said the state in India today represents “concentrated and organised violence”. He added that “Thuggery has been allowed to elevate itself into a technique of governance.” “The so-called watchdogs of democracy have been tamed into whimpering submission. In these times of all-round institutional undermining and systemic subversion, no institution or organisation is safe,” he said. This is Shweta Sanjiv Bhatt, In Sanjiv's absence, I have been his voice for the past 11 months…Today, Sanjiv himself has something to say to all of us, from Palanpur through this letter. 1/2https://t.co/n4FTMcOZvT pic.twitter.com/dJZSPHK1DI — Sanjiv Bhatt (IPS)

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NRC violates Citizenship Act: NALSAR varsity VC

New Dehli, 11 Sep 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Faizan Mustafa, the Vice-Chancellor of the NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, in an interview with The Wire has argued that India’s concept of citizenship has been restricted and undermined. Mustafa also claimed that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam violated the Citizenship Act, 1955. “The NRC is a clear violation of Section 3 of the Citizenship Act. I am clear about it,” he said. Mustafa also said that NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela’s arguments were “laughable”. Citing nuances of the Citizenship Act, he argued, “We cannot be denying citizenship to anybody or deny inclusion in NRC.” Citing legal problems, Mustafa asserted that the final NRC list for Assam published on August 31 was unconstitutional. Taking a dig at the

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